‘RUPERT!!! delete tweet!’ Murdoch ticked off by his wife for claiming Britons have 'too many holidays' on Twitter

Rupert Murdoch has been ticked off by his wife on Twitter for insulting British workers in an extraordinary public row.

The Australian media mogul sparked the ire of Wendi Deng when he wrote his own Twitter page: ‘Maybe Brits have too many holidays for broke country’.

She responded soon after by Tweeting: ‘RUPERT!!! delete tweet!’ and, sensing the public relations disaster, added: ‘EVERY1 @rupertmurdoch was only having a joke pROMSIE!!!’

Her husband duly did as he was told after she posted a third reply: ‘Explaining to @rupertmurdoch about being careful with humor on line. sometimes it comes out as rude!’

Whilst it has been confirmed that the Twitter account in question does belong to Murdoch, it is not clear if Deng’s is authentic.

However, given that the 80-year-old obeyed her request, it would appear to be real.

Murdoch only joined Twitter on December 31st and before then reportedly did not use a computer unassisted or get his own email.

The News Corporation chairman has already amassed 67,000 followers with Tweets relating to his holiday in St Barth’s in the Caribbean over the New Year, which apparently gave him perspective on British workers.

On January 1 he also Tweeted: ‘Back to work tomorrow. Enough idling!’

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Deng, 43, was not able to protect him from the harsh an immediate response on Twitter, however.

Charleswrites wrote: ‘That’s a rather illiterate sentence for someone who runs lots of newspapers.’

And in a reference to News Corp, Noamswampy said: ‘And why’s it (Britain) broke, I wonder? Couldn’t be because certain companies don’t pay their way and contribute tax, could it?’

Other replies were more charitable such as Tom Owns who wrote: ‘@Wendi_Deng @rupertmurdoch I think you two are best leaving through the exit door about now. How can someone be that powerful and so stupid?.

Murdoch has been married to Deng for 13 years and they have two children together.

He has been updating his Twitter account from his iPad and on his page he has included a close up picture of his face apparently taken with the device’s camera.

In one Tweet Murdoch gave an inkling of the behind the scenes frustration with his blogging when he wrote: ‘I’m getting killed for fooling around here and friends frightened what I may really say!’

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Rupert Murdoch ticked off by wife for claiming Britons have 'too many holidays' on Twitter